206 KXPKDI TION OF Till-'. "ALBATROSS," 1S99-1<)(M). 



Three specimens, Nos. OSSO!), OSSTO, 0SS71. 3i o? and of inches long; from 

 Suva, Fiji Islands. 



The two specimens IVoni Makenio seem to lie ty])ically coloi'ed, e.xcejit the 

 dorsal whicli hicks the black spot on the front of spinous portion, but there is a 

 faint suggestion of a dusky band below the upper margin of the membrane; 

 and there are milky white lilotches at the up])er margin of the membrane im- 

 mediately behind each spine. In this respect they agree with Bleeker's figure 

 of this species in Atlas Ichth., 9, pi. 3(i(), fig. 5. 



The one from Taritari is nuicli i)alei' in color, the longitudinal bands hartlly 

 indicated, and those only on the back above the lateral line; faint sjiots on cheek 

 and .'spinous dorsal similar to those above. 



In reserve series of Biu'eau of Fisheries the sjiecimens marked H. Iditi.s from 

 Dr. Jordan's Samoan collections, and regarding which he says there is never 

 any black on spinous dorsal, two are similar in coloration to our ])ale examples 

 of H. suiniiKini from Makemci; one has a black blotch on the front of sjiinous 

 dorsal, but is otherwise indistinguishable from the other specimens, except that 

 the bands along the sides are a little more distinct than in the other two; we 

 cannot se])arat(' them from //. siuniiKini. In Fishes of Samoa, //. llionildncnsis 

 Fowler is included in synonymy of H. sammara, which cannot be correct if 

 Fowler's figure can be relied upon, as it has with lower jaw included a ver}'^ 

 different head. 



CARANGIDAE. 



Scomberoides sanctipetri ((imicu & \ai.kn( ie.nnks). 



.louuAN A: KvKHMAN.N, Bull. r. ,S. FLsh. Coniiii., I'.M).-), 23, pi. 1, !>. ISl. 

 Choriiieiiius HiDirIi iietri Crv. & \'.\u, Hist. .\;il. I'oiss., Isiil, 8, |). 27!) (370), pi. 2:i(;. 



No. .\1(). a specimen 19 inches long from Xukahiva, Marcjuesas Islands. 

 Depth 4 in length to end of scales; head o; eye (not orbit) n in head, about 1.5 in 

 snout: nia.xillary reaches to posteiior ni.argin of eye; dorsal s|)ines do not 

 overlap, not reaching each other; d<irsal \11, 1, 12(»; anal II, I, IS; teeth in 

 •several series in upjier jaw anteriorly, becoming two series posteriorly, the 

 other series are the largest anteriorly, the inner is the larger of the two piisle- 

 rior series; in lower jaw the teeth are similar t<i those of uiijiei' jaw, bul the 



